"What did they say?"
The question left Primrose's lips the moment Edmund returned to his office after escorting the envoys from the Vellmoria Empire out of the palace.
"They said they found a lead that might help us locate Averon," Edmund replied as he closed the door behind him. "But it's very faint, so there's no guarantee it will lead anywhere."
He didn't complain when he saw his wife sitting in his chair. Instead, he simply took a seat in the chair across from her.
He paused for a moment before adding, "Honestly, I don't think that was the real reason they came here."
Primrose tapped her fingers against the desk before asking, "They wanted to bribe you?"
"They wanted to bribe me," Edmund confirmed immediately.
Edmund picked up a sheet of paper and slid it across the desk. "They didn't ask me to abandon the case," he explained. "They just want me to stay quiet about it."
